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About Khokaral Village

Khokaral is a small village in Dodamarg tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 474, made up of 241 males and 233 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 501.43 hectares hectares.

Khokaral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khokaral village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sindhudurg
Tehsil Dodamarg
Area (hectares) 501.43 hectares
Population 474
Male Population 241
Female Population 233
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 967
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khokaral compares

By the 2011 count Khokaral is the 33rd largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 501.43 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1040.

Getting to Khokaral

Khokaral is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khokaral as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khokaral from other places

Khokaral lies about 30 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Thivim, about 20 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Khokaral
Tehsil headquarters Dodamarg 9.7 km
Nearest railway station Thivim 20 km
Nearest town Mapusa 29 km
District headquarters Sindhudurg 30 km

Villages closest to Khokaral

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dodamarg tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Khokaral

As per the Census of India 2011, Khokaral village had a population of 474. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Khokaral village has 241 males and 233 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khokaral has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1040.

Khokaral covers 501.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khokaral falls under Dodamarg tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Khokaral is Thivim, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khokaral.

Khokaral is about 30 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khokaral is in Dodamarg tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Dodamarg is about 9.7 km away. Thivim is about 20 km away. Mapusa is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bodade (1.8 km), Bodan (1.8 km) and Pikule (3.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khokaral today is likely to be higher.

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